Smokey

I'm about as ready as I've been for every event this year. Haha...meaning that there are no turbos on the car and its waiting for parts.

Haha I also felt bad for the guy in the TII. If its smokin it's workin has been my rotary motto.

Looks good clay. Bummer you won't have the sweet sounds of an inline 6 with the top down but I'm sure it'll be tons of fun. I still have plenty of love for the e36

silver is all you'll need for most anything. Wifi with your smart phone is awesome for being able to aim it exactly as you need, but make sure to turn it back off after it's setup correctly because that crap drains the battery even worse.

I randomly have a new upper radiator hose for a 944. Let me know if its something you'd be interested in. Awesome project. Great to see it come back to life.

Very cool to see them come back along with a new turbocharger era. But let's hope it's like the McLaren-Honda days of the 80s and not another BAR-Honda episode

Welcome to the site and enjoy the rotary haters. Would love to see more pictures of the FD, it looks nice and unmolested which is hard to find these days.

Pick up Chipotle, eat in Tinderbox while having a nice cigar, go back to work smelling like a man.

I've owned, driven, tracked, and unfortunately maintained an e36 M3 for the past 7 years. It's still been the best fun per $ car I've owned and I still love it despite some of its recurring issues. That being said I've also had the chance to drive and track a nice example of an e46 M3 and yes, it was better. The only advantage to the e36 these days is its lower price point.

Engine issues aren't an issue these days as ,one as the proper oil is used and the affected cars had the recal done. Adjusting the valves isn't a big deal. Subframes on the M models aren't a likely to have problems as non-m e46s. The e36 is also getting to that age of having "old BMW" problems which are just annoying and time consuming more than anything. Perhaps that's my current bias. The e46 may be bigger and heavier, but its also faster, more luxurious, and more solid. If the cose of a nicer low mileage e46 M3 isn't a barrier to entry then buy one and never look back.

You're considering an e36 M3? Punch yourself in the face now and save a lot of time and trouble. Hahahaha In all seriousness the e46 M3 is better in every way.

Matt Wenning

I didn't know that was you. I was at that meet (watching like a fatass and cheering on a friend). That 601 was DEEP

I tow my FD on a steel trailer (about 5k total weight) with my buddies 07 Sierra 1500 V8. No problems whatsoever towing, it's just a big sluggish as you might expect when hauling that much weight. No need for a 2500 for as few times as you'll be doing it during the year. I'm actually looking to get a SUV for family/towing duties. If you're not doing it very often, a truck is not always required.

Rocks trailer sales should have them.

He just happens to be correct in this instance (among others). If you want the car to stick and the tires to take the abuse you should at least step up to the Kuhmo. You'll enjoy the track much better that way. That being said Derek will be the first to come in here and point out that I bought/run the cheapest damn tire out ther for my street tires on the FD, but I also have different wheels and tires for when I want it to stick.

If you HAVE to keep to your original list the the Dunlop will likely do the best. That being said you'll chunk the crap out of any on your list at Mid Ohio. Andy's suggestions are your best bet while keeping it cheap.

Will these be on a separate set of wheels and only used at the track? Driven to/from the track on? Or street wheels/tires that are also used at the track? Can I also assume we're taking about the road course and not auto-x?

Interested to see the results. I ended up using the 22ple for paint on my wheels which have bare aluminum lips because I didn't want to buy a new bottle of the metal stuff. Ill be interested to see how it does over time.

Damn wish I would have known earlier.

Quite possible. Or more wrecks from people trying to speed up and make the light. I'm sure overall it'd help though.

I think the light is less of an issue there than the rampant speeding on that road. Most people are doing 10 over regularly through there.

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110300 This should be a good event. If not there are national car clubs that run almost every weekend there. (PCA, BMWCCA, NASA, SCCA)

sounds like a fun event for reasonable money....but could have used a little more heads-up notice to actually attend.

The weather Friday wasn't the best but we figured out some goofy lines to mostly avoid the standing water. I was trying out some different camera views but I think this one is best. I just need to figure out how to raise the camera a couple of inches if possible.